Arky,
At this point, I think it's safe to say that we must agree to disagree. However, there have been reports that Dunta said after the game that several players on the sideline wanted to run the play to avoid a potential challenge. If this is true, your claim that the players didn't think it was close simply isn't true. If you have some quotes from players, please post as I would like to see them.
As for Pereira's ruling, little good it will do us. But, yet again, that's the point. People make mistakes and everyone knows it. We didn't have to give them the chance to make it.
Finally, the explanations appear to have evolved some since Sunday. First, Moats didn't fumble, then he was out-of-bounds, and finally, they thought the Colt player touched it while he was out-of-bounds. For the booth to see all of that suggests they were studying the replay like it was the Zapruder film. Again, I think that makes my point. If their final opinion required going through 3 steps; i.e., (1) yes, Moats fumbled, (2) while he was in bounds, but (3) the ball glanced off the defender's arm while he was out-of-bounds, that is just too damn close to leave to chance.
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